How Grover Cleveland Wielded the Veto Power to Curb the Growth of Government

In his famous veto of a disaster relief measure, Grover Cleveland insisted that, "though the people support the Government the Government should not support the people."
"The friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied upon to relieve their fellow-citizens in misfortune. This has been repeatedly and quite lately demonstrated. Federal aid in such cases encourages the expectation of paternal care on the part of the Government and weakens the sturdiness of our national character, while it prevents the indulgence among our people of that kindly sentiment and conduct which strengthens the bonds of a common brotherhood.”